This report shows significant increases in the number of people receiving treatment for HIV, diagnosis and treatment for tuberculosis (TB) and having an insecticide treated net to prevent malaria. The Global Fund Results Report 2017, with cumulative results through the end of 2016, shows a decline of one-third in the number of people dying from AIDS, TB and malaria in the countries where the Global Fund invests. Yet, young people, in particular adolescent girls and young women, still face extraordinary levels of risk. In parts of Africa, young women aged 15-24 years are eight times more likely than their male peers to be living with HIV. To address the inequalities affecting women and girls, the Global Fund’s investments have increased significantly in the past seven years, with about 60 percent of the organization’s total investments now directed to women and girls, the report says.

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